Senior Operations Director Grid Control HUB US & MX

At Siemens Grid Control, we accelerate and secure a successful Energy Transition

Today the energy world is changing to become carbon neutral. Distributed Energy Resources are growing 7-fold and by the end of this decade decentralized power generation will catch up with conventional generation.

Utility companies realize that yesterday’s solutions are not going to provide the answers to tomorrow’s challenges. They are shaping the future of their IT / OT systems and realizing the need for agile thinking and an IT focus on their operations to provide energy reliably, efficiently, and cyber secure.

Are you passionate about accelerating the energy transition? Are you interested in developing your career path within a global technology powerhouse which empowers employee creativity to positively change, challenge, and influence our business and customer relationships?

As market leader in Grid Control, Siemens is in a prime position to accelerate and secure the energy transition by supporting grid operators and industry players to master the challenge of grid modernization in the smartest way.

We are looking for a transformative leader to be Senior Operations Director for Grid Control for the U.S and Mexico. This position is located in Minnetonka, MN.

We're growing fast, and searching for a dynamic, ambitious, and versatile leader. A self-motivated thinker and doer who can lead an international and cross-country located organization.

This person will be a critical catalyst to improve our Grid Control Operations thereby expanding our competitive position across the Americas.

If you're someone who is passionate about the Energy market, its Decarb transformation and Digitalization, loves to work with others as a true team player, and is obsessed with continuous improvement, then this is the role for you...read on!

Our Culture

At Siemens Grid Control we are always challenging ourselves to build a better future. We need the most innovative and diverse Digital Minds to develop tomorrow’s reality.

We live and foster an ownership culture, in which every employee takes personal responsibility for our company's success.

We trust and empower our leaders to act as owners, direct their teams, and innovate to succeed. We communicate openly and honestly to learn from our failures and celebrate our successes.

We recognize individual and team achievements frequently. We invest in our team members, offering a wide variety of internal and external development opportunities.

You will make an impact by :

Hub Americas :

Having full delivery responsibility for Grid Control business across USA, Canada, Central America, South America, and Australia.

All the responsibilities mentioned herein apply to that entire area. Collaboration with peers in the global organization

Timely Sales Support :

Ensuring the delivery team works closely with the sales team to understand upcoming offers, support demonstrations, and deliver expert guidance during the pre-sales and sales phases.

Successful Bid Management :

Helping to ensure that our bid management process is successful and accurate by providing project delivery support during the proposal and hand over phases.

You will review resource capacity / loading data, risk / opportunity management, validate schedules and support customer management.

You will ensure that future opportunities are accounted for in the resource planning cycle.

Quality driven project delivery :

Providing high quality delivery by leading a highly motivated delivery team led by project managers who understand and deploy the key principles of managing a project as well as managing a customer.

You will be responsible for the training and performance management of this team. You will provide Energy Management, Advanced Distribution Management, Network Model Management, and Market system solutions.

These systems exist to optimize the generation, transmission, and distribution of energy, while protecting the reliability and resilience of the electric grid.

Agile Transformation :

Transforming Siemens into an agile business which includes using an agile delivery model. You will lead this agile transformation within all elements of our organization.

You will be a catalyst moving our customers to an agile model.

Market leading engineering teams :

Leading the engineering team who is a key part of the delivery organization and is spread across multiple countries. You will need to ensure they feel ownership in what they are delivering while motivating them to provide the highest level of project execution.

Our teams need to experience a continuous learning culture that encourages them to keep up with the latest methods, processes, and technologies for successful software delivery.

Performance Measurements, Management and Reporting :

Being responsible for identifying key performance indicators (KPI) that can be used to measure success in all the areas of the delivery organization.

You will be able to report on project status from a data driven as well as a subjective perspective.

You will make a difference by :

• Delivery performance of the project portfolio
• Organizational optimization
• Team continuous learning
• Project success regarding scope, quality, cost, and schedule
• Resource planning, tracking and prioritization.
• Agile implementation
• Maintain / build employee and customer relationships.
• Conducting project reviews, identifying risks / opportunities, measuring progress against costs, performing claim management and forecasting
• Report to executive management on project status and actions
• Identify and develop best practices.
• Support sales efforts and campaigns

Your success in grounded in having these basic qualifications :

• 10 + years of Project Management experience with complex software systems
• 4 + years of direct management responsibilities for a large team in a matrix organization
• 5+ years of experience in the electrical grid industry. An understanding of power electronics, challenges of the energy transition, and modern software deployment methods
• Must be able to travel 25% of time.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Fluency in Spanish / Portuguese is a plus
• Proficient with Microsoft Office products
• Demonstrated presentation skills, excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to lead a team though change management.

You will benefit from :

The pay range for this position is $181,900-$311,800. The actual wage offered may be lower or higher depending on budget and candidate experience, knowledge, skills, qualifications, and premium geographic location.

At Siemens, we value diversity as the inclusion of and collaboration of different thinking, background, experience, expertise and individual qualities across all organization levels and dimensions.

We encourage and support our employees to develop their personal skills and strengths, regardless of gender identity, nationality, age, religious beliefs etc.

We believe diversity strengthens our innovative capacity, unleashes the potential of Siemens’ employees, and thereby directly contributes to our business success.

We value your unique identity and perspective and are fully committed to providing equitable opportunities and building a workplace that reflects the diversity of society.

Come bring your authentic self and create a better tomorrow with us.

Protecting the environment, conserving our natural resources, fostering the health and performance of our people as well as safeguarding their working conditions are core to our social and business commitment at Siemens.

Create a better #TomorrowWithUs

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